Means for regulating the movements of gas holders



(No Model.) B. L PHASE. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. MEANS FOR REGULATING THEMOVEMENTS 0F GAS HOLDERS. No. 435,187. Patented Aug.26, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD LLOYD PEASE, OF DARLINGTON, COUNTY OF DURHAM,

' ENGLAND.

. 9" MEANS FOR REGULATING THE MOVEMENTS OF GAS-HOLDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,187, dated August'26, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1890. Serial No. 356,488. (No model.)Patented in England December 14, 1888, No. 18,272; in Germany June1,1889, No. 49,803; in France June 13,1889, N0.l98,9l; in Spain July 31.1889, No. 9,888; in Belgium August 8, 1889, No. 87,249; in CapeOolonyAugnst 24,1889,N0. &0, in South Australia, October 24,1889,N0.1,443; in Tasmania October 24, 1889,110. 754/; in Victoria November26,1889, No. 7,299;

and in Queensland December 13, 1889, No. 891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD LLOYD PEASE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Darlington, in the county of Durham, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Regulating theMovements of Gas-Holders, (which has been patented in Great Britain,N0.18,272,datcd December 14, 1888; in Germany, No. 49,803, dated June 1,1889; in France, No. 198,910, dated June 13, 1889; in Spain, No. 9,883,dated July 31, 1889; in Belgium, No. 87,249, dated August 3,1889; inCape Oolony,No. 540, dated August 24,1889; in South Australia, No.1,419), dated October 24:, 1889; in Tasmania, No. 75at/10, dated October24:, 1889; in Victoria, No. 7,299, dated November 26, 1889'; in NewSouth \Vales, No. 1,879, dated November 26, 1889, and in Queensland, No.891, dated December 13, 1889;) and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

In the application filed by me 011 July 81, 1889, Serial No. 319,361,Patent No. 432,484, dated July 15, 1890, I have shown a regulator forthe movements of the lifts of gas-holders, consisting of a circulatingring arranged concentrically to the said holder and connected to the topand bottom thereof by means of ropes branching oif in directionsdependent upon their connection with the holder, and in the presentapplication I will show means for accomplishing the same purposeconsisting of a check-rope having its opposite ends directly attached tothe sides of the tank and passing over anti-friotion bearings placedupon the lift; and my present invention also consists of thecombination, construction, and arrangement of the several parts of whichit is composed, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar parts aredesignated by similar letters, Figure 1 is a plan view of my inventi 011applied to a single-lift gas-holder. Fig. 2 is a vertical section onlines 00 :1: thereof.

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Figs. 3 and 4: are central vertical sections of a two and a three liftgas-holder, respectively,

each of the said holders having my invent-ion applied thereto.

In Fig.1 the lift A is contained within the tank 13, the check-ropes 0being adapted to regulate its movements. Each of these checkropes O iscarried by means of pulleys d (1 over the crown or dome of the lift, andis secured to holdfasts e and (2, attached to the sides of the tank 13,its end 0, which serves as the upper check, passing directly over thethe lift near its bottom and is brought up and attached to a holdfast-6, so that as the lift rises from the gas contained therein the end a ofthe rope, which serves as an n ppercheck, is given out, while the end0', which serves as the lower check, is taken in, causing the oppositesides of the lift to rise together, while upon the lift falling againthe reverse operation takes place, and it thus follows that suchcheck-ropes applied to the lift at more than two equidistant parts willgenerally serve to cause all the sides of the lift to rise or falltogether and to the same extent, preventing its leaving its propervertical position. I also prefer to connect the end of one rope thatserves as the upper check with that end of So another rope which servesas a lower check; and in Figs. 1 and 2 I have thus shown three suchropes having their opposite ends connected together, forming onecontinuous rope,

which is grasped at three points by the holdfasts e, mounted upon theside or top of the tank, and this will generally be found sulficient tocause all the sides of the lift to rise or fall together and to the sameextent.

In Fi 3 two lifts-an outer one A and ino nor one A'are shown, and inthis case that end 0 of the check-rope O which serves as an upper checkfor the outer lift is attached to a holdfast e, attached to the side ofthe tank B, and passes directly therefrom over rollers a, mounted on topof the said outer lift, and downward and around a pulley I), attached tothe inner lift'A, near the bottom thereof, after which it rises andpasses over the roller a, carried on the top of the inner lift, the mainportion of the rope being over the crown thereof, the opposite end 0 ofthe rope passing over the roller a projecting from the top of the innerlift, and down to and around the pulley Z) on the side of the outer liftnear the bottom thereof, whence it rises and is connected to a holdfastc on the side or top of the tank. In the rise of a holder provided withthis form of my invention the inner lift will first rise from the gas I5 pressing upon the crown thereof, and in this rise the end 0 of thecheck-rope C will be taken in and the end 0 given out, the body of therope moving in the direction of the arrow. This will continue until theinner and outer holder cup --i. 6., until the annular exterior trough (Zon the base of the inner liftengage with the corresponding interiortrough cl on the top of the outer lift, when the rise of the former willbe commu- 2 5 nicated to the latter. When this takes place, the end 0 ofthe check-rope will be given out and the end 0 taken in, causing therope to move in a direction opposite to that heretofore described and tothe direction of the 0 arrow.

In Fig.4 a gas-holder is shown having three lifts A, A, and A the onecontained within the other, and in this case that end 0 of thecheck-rope which serves as an upper check for the outer lift A isattached to the holdfast e, secured to the tank 13, and passes over aroller a, mounted on the top ofv the lift A, after which it passes downand around the pulley f, mounted upon the intermediate lift 40 A nearthe bottom thereof, and up again and over the roller f, projecting fromthe top of the inner lift A, the main portion of the rope running overthe top thereof. The opposite end of the rope passes over the roller fdown and around the pulley f mounted upon the inner lift near the bottomthereof, and up again and over the rollers f upon the top of theintermediate lift A after which it passes down and around the pulleys fmounted upon the outer lift A near the base thereof, after which itrises and is secured to a holdfast 6, attached to the tank.

In the use of a holder constructed according to Fig. 4 the inner lift inrising will give out the end 0 of the check-rope and take in the end 0thereof, the rope moving in the direction of the arrow, and this willcontinue until the inner and intermediate lifts are cupped, when therise of the latter will begin giving out the end 0 of the rope andtaking in the end 0, the body of the rope now moving in a directioncontrary to that before mentioned and to that of the arrow. This willcontinue until the intermediate and outer lifts are cupped, when, thelatter rising, the end 0 will be given out and the end 0' taken in, therope now again moving in the direction of the arrow, while upon thelifts sinking the reverse motions of the parts will take place.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 the end a of the check-rope serves asan upper check for one side of the outer lift and as a lower check forthe same side of the inner lift, and the end 0 serves as an upper checkfor the inner lift and as a lower check for the outer lift, while inFig. at it will be seen that the end-c serves as an upper check-rope forthe corresponding sides of the outer and inner lifts and as a lowercheck-rope for the same side of the intermediate lift, while the end 0'serves as a lower check-rope for the corresponding sides ofthe outer andinner lift and as an upper check for the intermediate lift. From thisit'follows that in the arrangement shown in both Figs. 3 and at theropes C may be triplicated, the opposite ends of the several ropes beingconnected together, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or that a separatecheck-rope, similar to those above described in respect to Figs. 3 and4, but having its ends reversed, may be attached to the holdercontiguous to the ones shown in the said figures, in which case it isobvious that the holder will be held in its proper position upon theprinciples already explained.

Although in the foregoing description and in the accompanying drawings Ihave described and shown the lifts as being contained within a tank, itwill be no departure from the nature of my invention to substitute inplace thereof another lift governed in any suitable manner, the ends ofthe check-ropes being connected therewith, and I accordingly use theword tank in the following claims to design ate a receptacle holding thelifts and having the ends of the check-rope attached thereto, and Itherefore do not limit my invention to the exact construction describedin the foregoing specification; but

What I do claim is 1. In gas-h0lders, the combination, with a tankhaving a lift resting therein, of a checkrope having its opposite endsattached to the opposite sides of the tank, and bearings mounted uponthe upper portion of one side and upon the lower portion of an oppositeside of the lift, over which bearings the check-rope passes, it beingadapted to play thereon, as described.

2. In gas -holders, the combination of a tank, a lift resting therein,bearings mounted on the crown of the said lift and on one ofits sidesnear its base, and a check-rope passing around the said bearings andhaving one of its ends brought down from the top of the lift andconnected to the tank, the opposite end of the said rope being broughtdown from the top of the lift around the hearings on its sides and againbrought and connected to the tank, as described.

3. In gas holders, the combination of a tank, a lift resting therein,pulleys mounted on the crown of the said lift and on the sides IIOthereof near its base, holdfasts at the top of the tank, and acheck-rope passing over the pulleys on the crown of the lift, one endthereof being brought down from the said pulleys and connected to aholdfast, the opposite end of the said rope being brought down from thecrown of the lift around a pulley upon its side and again brought up andconnected to a holdfast distant from the holdfast to which its oppositeend is connected, as described.

at. In gas holders, the combination of a tank, an inner lift therein, asecond lift concentric with the inner lift, bearings mounted on thecrown of the inner and upon the top of, the second lift at one sidethereof and upon the sides of the said lifts near the bases thereof, anda check-rope passing over the bearing upon the crown of the inner liftand having one of its ends brought down and around a pulley upon theside of the second lift, and carried up again and connected with thetank, the opposite end of the said rope being brought down and aroundthe bearing upon the side of the inner lift and up and around thebearing upon the top of the second lift, and being carried down andconnected with the tank, as described.

5. In gas-holders, the combination of a tank, of a plurality of liftsnested therein, comprising an inner, an intermediate, and an outer lift,bearings mounted upon the crown of the inner lift upon the tops of theouter and intermediate lifts, and upon the sides of all the said liftsnear the bases thereof, and a check-rope passing over the bearings uponthe crown of the inner lift, one end of the said rope passing down andaround the bearing upon the base of the intermediate 11ft and up againand over the bearing at the top of the outer lift and connected to thetanlz, While the opposite end of the said rope 1s brought down from thecrown of the inner lift, around the bearing upon its side, up and aroundthe bearing on the top of the intermediate lift, and down and around thebearing at the base of the outer lift, and up again and connected withthe tank, as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD LLOYD PEASE.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE JAMES CLARKSON, EDWARD THOMAS ELCOAT.

